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Attendance If you have to miss a Saturday for any reason, you are required to make up the work from each class on Canvas. You will need to complete each classes' work by the following Wednesday at 11:59 PM. If you do not have access to the Internet please inform a staff member immediately. If you are absent for more than 5 Saturdays we will talk about exiting you from the program.
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Communication If you are going to be absent, text, call in, or email staff members. Do not wait until Saturday afternoon to communicate your absence. Also, be respectful of UB staff; do not text or call after 10 pm or before 7 am.
You MUST communicate with us that you will not be here!
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Canvas
Remember, you need to check Canvas every time you miss a Saturday meeting.
Your Canvas login is:
Username: first letter of your first name + first three letters of your last name + 01
Ex: mjac01
Password: usual UB password (unless you changed
it)
https://unt.instructure.com/login/ld
ap
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Parent Day Where Business Leadership Building, West Highland Street, Denton, TX, USA Description This day will be filled with a range of workshops for parents and students to attend. There will be workshops about college readiness, important resources, mental health, and even community involvement.
After the workshops, everyone will attend a Summer Orientation meeting to discuss in detail the upcoming summer program. | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Right after Parent Day we will be doing a Resource Fair! The fair will have some amazing local organizations (shown below) in attendance. This is a time for you to learn about the services and support you have at your fingertips! Talk to them and find out how you can utilize them for your success!
To go along with the Resource Fair, we are doing a Passport challenge! For every table you visit, you can receive a signature on your passport! If you can get your passport filled you will be entered into a drawing!
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January 7// Saturday Academic Meeting
January 21 // Saturday Academic Meeting
February 4 // Saturday Academic Meeting
February 18 // Saturday Academic Meeting
March 4 // Saturday Academic Meeting |
March 25 // Saturday Academic Meeting
April 8 // Saturday Academic Meeting
April 22 // Parent Day
May 13 // Saturday Academic Meeting
May 30 // Summer Starts
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Walter TM.
Melanie R.
Alan M.
Chyiria G.
Santos C.
Kenya CL.
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Bold.org Eleven Scholarship
This scholarship aims to inspire high school seniors and undergraduate students who are pursuing degrees in STEM fields. Any BIPOC high school senior or undergraduate student pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics may apply for this scholarship but first-generation students focusing on the Technology, engineering, or mathematics aspect of STEM are preferred.
Deadline: May 1, 2023
Amount: Two $5,000
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Requirements
- BIPOC (black, Indigenous and people of color)
- Must be a current high school senior
- Must be pursuing a STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) degree.
| Additional Information:
- To apply, you will need to create a profile with Bold.org
- You must write an essay that answers the following prompt: "The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, in what ways did you “turn it up to 11” (i.e. going above and beyond) in overcoming the challenge and what did you learn from the experience?"
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AuthenticID Humanity Scholarship
This scholarship seeks bright minds with a desire to heighten national awareness via our social media campaign to end the dehumanizing forces of human trafficking and child exploitation. It is available to any incoming freshman applying for Fall 2023 academic semester
Deadline: May 31, 2023
Amount: One $25,000 award, five additional $1,000 awards
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Requirements
- Must be a current high school senior or college freshman, sophomore, or junior.
- Plan to attend an accredited college, university, or community college in the upcoming academic year.
- Be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident.
- Have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.
| Submission requirements: Record a video (maximum length of 2 minutes) sharing a persuasive pitch for why ending human trafficking is important to your generation.
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How to Develop Grit: a Complete Guide
Grit is one of the hottest concepts in psychology right now. Researchers are studying how athletes can develop more mental toughness, how teachers can foster grit in their students, and how people like you and me can build grit into their daily lives.
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*Ask Martika for a log-in.
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 | Feedback This is another opportunity for students to voice their concerns about their program! Please feel free to write whatever you'd like the staff to know about problems you face in the program, suggestions to make the program better, general information staff should know, etc.
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You can see more jobs on the Job Board in the TRIO UB office!
The Job Board is created and updated by Gabe Lira.
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